The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-12
4 ,& For the HERALD AND NEws.i
A Plea for Prohibition. 4
NEwBEnRY COUNTY, s. O.,

Mr.. EDITOR 81 think that the friends
Of prohibition should let themselves be
heard from as often as possible. We
are patriots and rs such demand hear
Ing. don't mean that so-callcd patriot
ism that men lay claim to for political or
military positions, nor that which looks
no further than the bodily and tempo.
raj interests OF men; but patriotism
that sighs for the answer to the petition
''Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
on eartii as 1t Is heaven" Not pa
rifles and machine guns. but sends men
and women down upon their knees and
to the use Of peaceable weapons for tho
defence OF the right.
We are In contest Of right against
wrong, and, like the preachers Of right
eOusness In the early days of Christian
ity, we ought to say, 1--WE can not but
speak," That the liquor traffic is wrong,
is sanctioned by "cloud OF witnesses" )"
The time was when whiskey was sold at
any location; then the law said 1t must
not 60 closer than the distance Of mile
TO church in the county. It was fur
thcr restricted by allowing only quart
license, and next 1t was driven out Of
does this say for whiskey2 1t says
plainly that 1t is unruly and must be
placed where II can be managed with n
policeman's billy and calaboosc. The
law Il care not whether it be National,
State or municipal,) has raised the IL
cense. What does this mean? The
same thing, in meaning, that perjurer
says to the offerer Of the bribe !: 81 cam
not swear for yoa for $25, but pay me
$1,000 and I'll 60 OH the stand for YOU"
The gov ernmcnt plainly says, "We re-
cngnize the fact that this is an iniquitoUs
business, but If you'll pay lis enough
We'll let you carry it on"
We will not go into the devoted
homes and pull out the besottcd men
and hollow-cheeked women and COVER
ing. half-naked children. These have
been brought to the public gaze enough.
You can't touch whiskey mans heart
with this kind, only to make him pour
out torrent Of curses. Put picty on
the stand. Make faith, hope and love
kiss the Bible OH this thing, and they'll
tell you, without Il blush or trcmor, "wc
never got at that business" No! the
whiskcy man cannot ask Gods blessing
upon his cause or his traffic. Who ever
heard Of bar keeper having family
worship? We want to put down wrong
and establish right. We pray and work
for righteousness to cover the earth.
OOiic VI luc uWcllcTS III the town OF
Ncwbcrry want us to skip them. We
cannot give you the go by. You are
our town. What effects you effects us,
and ricc Uersa.
Let me say in conclusion that prohi-
btion is coming. Men need not look
around and get up the weak-knecd pro-
hibition towns who did not have the
grit to stand up and see the thing out to
prove that it will not come. This proves
nothing against prohibition, but it is a
poser for whiskey men. People who
are looking to tho God and Christ of
righteousness are working this move
mcnt. We are praying for the CONVEX
sion of bar keepers aud drunkards and
voting when we can get the chance, or
pcttioning the Legislature, and asking
our God to smile on us and our work in
putting an end to the sale of whiskey.
We extend to all q hearty invitation to
come now and join in the good work,
that they may not in the end be found
among the vanquishcd, but wear the
victor's wreath.
trust that what have written will
not in the least irritate any man. l
have not written in a captious spirit at
all. l am the loving friend of every
man, but foe to whiskey selling.
j. D. UUGGLNs.